There have been a few measles cases in Sullivan County the past few weeks, YWN has confirmed. One of them was a confirmed exposure at Nachlei Emunah Bungalow Colony on Joyland Road. The measles case was confirmed last week some time.
The body of Rabbi Reuven Bauman, who jumped into the ocean to save a struggling boy has reportedly been found. Levaya information to be announced.
The topics in this week’s 268th episode of the highly acclaimed MyLife: Chassidus Applied series, with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, will include: What Will Chabad Look like in 30 Years? What Is the Chabad Custom Regarding Bringing in an Early Shabbos? Should We Be Concerned with Secular Values Seeping into Chabad Ideology? How Can I Address My Apathy to Davening and Make It a Meaningful Experience? To What Extent Should a Spouse Get Involved in Their Partners Davening? Am I Responsible to Share Sensitive Information About a Potential Shidduch with the Other Party?
Rabbi Hillel Zaltzman is the director of Chamah, an organization which works to share the beauty of Judaism with immigrants from the former USSR. Zaltzman recently published his memoir on the Jewish underground in the former Soviet Union titled Samarkand. Watch as he tells about his first teacher in Soviet Russia.
A lost manuscript of the author, “Baruch Taam,” also known as Rabbi Baruch Frankel-Teomim, was discovered recently. It contains a composition comprised of thousands of his handwritten commentary on the “Shulchan Aruch.”
The largest energy project in the history of the State of Israel is reaching its final stages of completion and remains on schedule to deliver first commercial gas sales to the Israel domestic market and regional markets before the end of the year.
The Nagar Family will be sitting Shiva for the passing of R’ Ezra Nagar OBM, at 517 Midwood St. between Kingston Ave and Brooklyn Ave. Times in extended article.
A man was arrested Friday afternoon after touching a Jewish woman inappropriately on Kingston Ave. The man was arrested after Shomrim, alerted to the unwanted touching, followed the man into a building, and directed the Police right to him.
A Jewish man was viciously assaulted while walking to Shul in Monticello, Friday night. Monticello Police have taken a report and are investigating the incident.
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Basya Bar-Chaim OMB, mother and wife from Crown Heights. She passed away on Shabbos, the 10th of Tammuz, 5779, after battling an illness.
Hurricane Barry weakened Saturday to a tropical storm as it came ashore with sustained winds measuring 75 mph (120.7 km/hour) along the Louisiana coast west of New Orleans.
Authorities say a transformer fire caused a power outage in Manhattan leaving businesses, elevators. and subway cars without electricity. The New York City Fire Department said the fire started at West 64th Street and West End Avenue and has since affected at least 42,000 people by 8pm on Saturday.
Sirens were sounded shortly before 10:00 p.m. in Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak and Kibbutz Sufa in the Gaza envelope. Residents reported hearing an explosion shortly after the siren went off.
A reader shares his story of Hashgacha Pratis, and how his Tefillin, stolen months ago, found their way home through a tire repair shop, and a singer.
Benoit Wesly, a 73-year-old businessman, woke up early Sunday morning to find the assailants around his bed in his home in Maastricht, according to the report. His wife was out of the country at the time.
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of Shabbos Parshas Chukas:
During the farbrengens in the past few weeks, many stories were related about the Rebbe. While all of them are inspiring, I chose to post one that not only is it inspiring, but it is something we all can emulate. I heard it from Rabbi Kasriel Kastel, who shared it on chof ches Sivan this year. On behalf of all our readers we thank him and bless him with continued tremendous success in his shlichus in Tzach (Lubavitch Youth Organization).
